The X-Ray Fiend
(1897)
Also known as 'The X-Ray Fiend', this comedy by G.A. Smith combines two
very recent innovations: Wilhelm Roentgen's discovery of X-rays in 1895,
and Georges Méliès' accidental realisation of the special-effects
potential of the jump-cut in 1896. The central couple is played by the
Brighton comedian Tom Green and Smith's wife Laura Bayley, and we know
that they were filmed in October 1897 from Smith's cashbook, now
preserved in the BFI National Archive. (Michael Brooke)
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Una curiosidad de finales del siglo XIX ;-)
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